﻿<?xml version="1.0" encoding="utf-8"?><Articles><Article><ArticlesID>551</ArticlesID><Title>Change Product Key On Windows Server 2008</Title><Body>&amp;lt;p&amp;gt;If for some reason you can&amp;amp;rsquo;t change the product key of your Server 2008 under My Computer Windows Activation option:&amp;lt;br /&amp;gt;
&amp;lt;!-- adman --&amp;gt;&amp;lt;br /&amp;gt;
&amp;lt;img height=&amp;quot;287&amp;quot; border=&amp;quot;0&amp;quot; width=&amp;quot;500&amp;quot; style=&amp;quot;border: 0px none ; display: inline;&amp;quot; title=&amp;quot;iWindows Activation&amp;quot; alt=&amp;quot;Windows Server 2008 Activation&amp;quot; src=&amp;quot;http://dev.meotom.net/Uploads/admin/2009/10/26/image97.png&amp;quot; /&amp;gt;&amp;lt;/p&amp;gt;
&amp;lt;p&amp;gt;Do the following.&amp;lt;/p&amp;gt;
&amp;lt;ol&amp;gt;
    &amp;lt;li&amp;gt;Open the command prompt and change working directory to System32 directory&amp;lt;/li&amp;gt;
    &amp;lt;li&amp;gt;Type in slmgr.vbs -ckms (this clears and KMS entry you may have)&amp;lt;/li&amp;gt;
    &amp;lt;li&amp;gt;Type slmgr.vbs -upk (this removes any product key installed)&amp;lt;/li&amp;gt;
    &amp;lt;li&amp;gt;Type slmgr.vbs -ipk xxxxx-xxxxx-xxxxx-xxxxx-xxxxx (where the x&amp;amp;rsquo;s is the new product key you want to use )&amp;lt;/li&amp;gt;
    &amp;lt;li&amp;gt;Type slmgr.vbs -ato (this activates the server)&amp;lt;/li&amp;gt;
&amp;lt;/ol&amp;gt;
&amp;lt;p&amp;gt;after doing that, Windows Server 2008 should show up as activated.&amp;lt;/p&amp;gt;</Body><CommentEnabled>True</CommentEnabled><ViewCount>0</ViewCount><ReleaseDate>10/26/2009 10:41:46 PM</ReleaseDate><TotalComment>0</TotalComment><IsMedia>False</IsMedia><IsPicture>False</IsPicture><IsVote>True</IsVote><ArticlePassword /><PostVisible>0</PostVisible><ArticlePath>/2009/10/26/Change-Product-Key-On-Windows-Server-2008-227</ArticlePath><Approved>True</Approved><ImagePath /><CategoryId>23</CategoryId><ArrayCatID>23|0</ArrayCatID></Article></Articles>